Saturday, March 23, 2019

Mini reviews for last four self published books I read

All four are available on Amazon Kindle Unlimited.

Underlord ★★★★★


This book was so good, on par with Blackflame (3rd in the Cradle series) and Ghostwater (5th)
I had binged the first five late last year and had no issues following without a reread (there were hints to refresh our memory). The main characters each have a unique voice by now and it was so good to get into that space quickly. Nice to see so many laugh-out-loud moments, topped by the bloopers section. Awesome action scenes is a given in this series. Prologue and Epilogue were great as well, which showed events around the world and beyond.



Balam, Spring ★★★★



This has been pending for a long time on TBR, finally picked it up.
Good change of pace from usual action packed fantasy. The entire story takes place in a small town where practically everybody knows everybody else.
I felt the author could've done a better job with one of the main characters, but could as well be considered as part of the charm. Things just are. The mystery aspect was handled well. It felt a bit dark at times but I thought it was justified after knowing the reveal at the end.



Minimum Wage Magic ★★★★


Nice start to follow up Heartstrikers series, which is one of the best series I read last year.
This was again easy to read, fast paced with nice action scenes. I do hope we get cameos from our dear MCs from earlier series, but things are interesting enough without them as well. Sometimes, less is more ;)



The Dragon Seller ★★★★


This is the kind of book that made me love self published books. This one has vegetarian dragons who have a bond-like relationship to trees and are loyal like pets, so cool. It is a fast paced, easy to read Urban fantasy with likeable characters. Some questions remained unanswered, which is fine by me, but I hope there are more books in this setting.
I found this one on weatherwaxreport - thanks a lot Esme :)




Book images courtesy goodreads

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